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Ben Silverman

I’m back. Thank God. I didn’t blog most of the past year because I was writing a book that I got actual money for (just so you know, blogs don’t really pay) and because I just didn’t have an angle. Not sure I do now…

I think Tech reporters really only care about CES because it is in Las Vegas. If the show were held in a place like Fresno or Akron does anyone really believe reporters would trek from all over the world to see LG’s new roll-up screen? Of course not….

GO PRIVATE. There will never – ever – be enough growth and margin improvement to satisfy Wall Street. Maybe short-term the studios will get a bump by telling investors they are going to make 100 comic book movies over the next 5 years – but after…

Comics have nothing to do with Comic-Con anymore and they haven’t for many years – so just stop. It’s just about what is popular in culture. They could call it “Pop-U-Con” as well. Sure, there are comic book elements to the show: Batman movies, Batman TV…

And that is not sarcastic. Today, on “The View“ it was announced that the Marvel character “Thor” will now be a woman in the comic books. This is NOT the real God that people actually worshiped a thousand years ago or so (Manka Bros. is a producing…

Even though Sarah Palin probably doesn’t know what “verisimilitude” means – she knows exactly what it is because she is the living embodiment of the word. Sarah Palin is living (and profiting) from the character of Sarah Palin that has been created for her by…

Nearly every major online publication (and print for that matter) are sending at least one reporter to Las Vegas for the Consumer Electronic Show (CES) – and no one, except those reporters, actually cares what comes out of the show. It’s all the same –…

Really sad. The people who created this show really thought they had another “Friends.” Oh, well. Next time – be more funny – and stop trying to write for the idiots who you believe are not as smart as you. Chin up, maybe Basic Cable…

If other blogs didn’t steal my stuff years ago, I would have said R.I.P. Journalism – but “R.I.P.” as a way of saying a something is dead is also dead. So, what do I mean by “Journalism Is Dead?” Very simple. Journalism is dead. I’ll…